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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Romney burned the Book of Mormon on live TV in order to gain the support of edgy teenagers as well as people who're worried about that whole religion thing he apparently has.
Or maybe nothing happened and we've actually been talking about Obama's decent-sized lead on Romney. I won't tell you which is true, because I'm CNN and both of these claims are equally valid to me.
If he can take Ohio he's more or less won. He'll still need a state or two but I don't really expect him to lose all the swing states or anything.
This has been posted before but there you go.
Also, unlike CNN's interactive map at the time they published it, Nate Silver doesn't consider Wisconsin much of a swing state: Instead, he says it's going to Obama.
edited 3rd Nov '12 10:56:11 PM by BestOf
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.This election reminds me a bit to much of '04.
Except with the positions reversed.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayDaily News endorses Romney. ...I think I need to lie down.
edited 4th Nov '12 12:09:12 PM by johnnyfog
I'm a skeptical squirrel@Tomu: John Husted, known for ignoring court orders in order to roll back early voting, sent out a thing about the requirements for certain voting forms. Basically, it's now the onus of the voter to make sure that they explain what form of ID they used to vote with, and if they fill it out incorrectly, the vote is ignored/destroyed.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry

Obammy took mah babey!